YELLOWSTONE Cast Biographies KEVIN COSTNER (John Dutton) Kevin Costner began his career starring in independent films, gradually earning small parts in more established movies. His first major motion picture role was in the coming of age comedy, Fandango. Throughout his career, Costner has varied his choices with comedy, action and drama role. He has appeared in such popular box-office hits as No Way Out, Bull Durham, Field of Dreams, The Bodyguard and Wyatt Earp. Costner’s exceptional filmmaking abilities were showcased in Dances with Wolves, which he produced, directed and starred in, and which won seven Academy Awards® including Best Picture and Best Director. In addition to appearing in memorable roles in JFK, The Untouchables and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, he re-teamed with his Bull Durham director Ron Shelton for the hit feature Tin Cup. Costner also starred in Thirteen Days, successfully collaborating again with his No Way Out director Roger Donaldson. His other film credits include For Love of the Game, The War, 3,000 Miles to Graceland, Dragonfly and The Postman, his second directing effort. Kevin Costner last directed the box office hit and critically acclaimed film Open Range, which he also co-starred in alongside Robert Duvall and Annette Bening. Costner co-starred with Joan Allen in the dramatic film Upside of Anger, opposite Jennifer Aniston in Rumor Has It directed by Rob Reiner for Warner Brothers, The Guardian, an action drama for Touchstone Pictures in which he portrayed a Coast Guard rescue swimmer, and the thriller Mr. Brooks, and starred in Touchstone Pictures’ political comedy Swing Vote. Costner also starred in The History Channel’s record-setting mini-series The Hatfields and McCoys: An American Vendetta in which he portrayed “’Devil’ Anse Hatfield,” the patriarch of the famed clan, opposite Bill Paxton. He also served as a producer of the series, which received 16 Emmy Award® nominations, winning the Best Actor in a mini-series or movie Emmy for Costner. He also received the Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards for his performance. -more- Paramount Network/Yellowstone Cast Bios…2 Most recently Costner was seen in the Warner Bros. film Superman: Man of Steel, as the superhero’s father Jonathan Kent; co-starring with Chris Pine in Jack Ryan, Paramount Pictures’ revival of Tom Clancy franchise; the spy thriller Three Days to Kill for Relativity Media; the football inspired Draft Day, directed by Ivan Reitman; the track team drama McFarland for Disney; the drama Black & White, which he produced and co-starred with Octavia Spencer; Criminal, in which he co-starred with Gary Oldman, Tommy Lee Jones and Ryan Reynolds; and Hidden Figures, in which he co-starred with Taraji Henson, Octavia Spencer and Jenelle Monae, and received a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Ensemble. Costner also produced and co-authored the New York Times bestselling adventure novel The Explorers Guild. When Costner is not working on films, he sings lead vocals and plays lead guitar in his band, Modern West, and can be seen playing venues across the country. The band recently recorded a collection of songs from and inspired by The Hatfields & McCoys. Featuring the song These Hills, the album is entitled Famous For Killing Each Other. The band’s song The Angels Came Down from their album Turn It On, was recently adopted by the Gold Star Moms and Gold Star Wives organizations, which support the mothers, wives and families of fallen soldiers. KELLY REILLY (Beth Dutton) Kelly Reilly’s stage work at the National, in the West End, and in particular at the Donmar Warehouse made her a star of the London stage. Her performances in After Miss Julie and Othello at the Donmar earned her nominations for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress. Reilly's performance in the British comedy film, Mrs. Henderson Presents, won her the Empire Award for Best Newcomer in 2006. A variety of film roles followed, including her first lead role in the critically acclaimed British horror film, Eden Lake, opposite Michael Fassbender. Following that, she lead the high-profile returning ITV police drama Above Suspicion. In the same year she also appeared in three major films, Sherlock Holmes opposite Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law, Triage opposite Colin Farrell, and Me & Orson Welles for director Richard Linklater. In 2011, she reprised her role as Mary Watson in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. Reilly went on to star opposite Denzel Washington in Flight, opposite Greg Kinnear in Heaven is for Real as well as in the John Michael McDonagh film Calvary opposite Brendan Gleeson and Chris O'Dowd. Kelly also starred in the second series of the acclaimed True Detective alongside Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams and Vince Vaughn. Kelly will next be seen in the role of Kerra for new Sky/Amazon US series, Britannia, and will star opposite Luke Evans in thriller 10x10. -more- Paramount Network/Yellowstone Cast Bios…3 COLE HAUSER (Rip Wheeler) Cole Hauser has generated incredible performances in independent films. He was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work in Tigerland. He also received much critical acclaim in his turn in White Oleander. He is the lead in the DirecTV series Rogue. Cole’s numerous other feature credits include Hart’s War, Tears of the Sun, Higher Learning, Good Will Hunting, Dazed and Confuzed, Olympus Has Fallen, A Good Day to Die Hard and Too Fast, Too Furious. Cole made his film debut in 1992's School Ties, co-starring alongside a host of soon-to-be big name players, including Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. He worked with Affleck again the following year in Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused, also featuring a veritable talent pool ensemble cast. Born in Santa Barbara, California, he is the son of Cass Warner, founder of the film production company Warner Sisters, and Wings Hauser, an actor. LUKE GRIMES (Kayce Dutton) Luke Grimes maintains a fearless pursuit of challenging roles, evolving with each new project and is fast becoming one of Hollywood's most in-demand actors, for both independent and mainstream film. Grimes was last seen in his reprisal of the role of ‘Elliot’ in Fifty Shades Darker, the sequel to the hit film 50 Shades of Grey. Grimes also co-stared in Fifty Shades Freed, the final installment of the romance franchise. Luke also can be seen in Antoine Fuqua’s The Magnificent Seven opposite Denzel Washington and Chris Pratt. Grimes’ recently appeared in El Camino Christmas, directed by David E. Talbert for Netflix and starred Tim Allen, Vincent D’Onofrio, and Dax Shepard. In 2014, Grimes co-starred opposite Bradley Cooper in the Academy Award nominated film American Sniper. Directed by Clint Eastwood, the film was nominated for six Academy Awards® including Best Picture and went on to be the highest grossing film of the year bringing in almost 550 million in worldwide box office receipts. In his debut feature, Grimes starred in the thriller All the Boys Love Mandy Lane about a spurned admirer who takes it upon himself to eliminate the competition. Grimes was also seen in Freeheld alongside cast members Ellen Page, Julianne Moore, and Steve Carell. -more- Paramount Network/Yellowstone Cast Bios…4 His other film credits include the dark comedy Assassination of a High School President opposite Bruce Willis, Shit Year opposite Ellen Barkin, which made its festival debut at Director’s Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival. Additionally, Grimes starred in The Wait opposite Chloe Sevigny, Squatters opposite Richard Dreyfus, and Forever opposite Deborah Ann Wohl. Grimes was also featured in the international box office smash Taken 2. On the small screen, Grimes starred in Greg Berlanti’s hit drama Brothers and Sisters and HBO’s top-rated series True Blood. The son of a Pentecostal pastor in Dayton, Ohio, Grimes spent summers at church camp where he learned to play drums which led to his other passion – music. He is also the lead of an alt-country band called Mitchell’s Folly. In advance of moving to Los Angeles, Grimes studied acting in New York City and received a degree from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. GIL BIRMINGHAM (Thomas Rainwater) Award-winning actor Gil Birmingham is known for his work in over 60 film and television productions. Most recently Birmingham co-starred alongside Academy Award® nominee Jeremy Renner in Taylor Sheridan’s critically acclaimed film Wind River, in which he received praise for his performance as Martin Hanson, a grieving father whose daughter has been murdered on the Wind River reservation. Birmingham previously collaborated with Taylor Sheridan in the film Hell or High Water, co- starring opposite Academy Award®-winner Jeff Bridges as a team of Texas sheriff’s hunting down bank robbing brothers (Chris Pine and Ben Foster). The seamless chemistry between the two garnered Bridges a Best Supporting Actor nod and Birmingham’s powerful performance was highlighted by notable film reviewers. The movie was also nominated for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay as well as Best Film Editing at the 2017 Academy Awards. Birmingham generated public acclaim for his portrayal of Billy Black in the blockbuster films The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn, based on the best-selling books by Stephenie Meyer. He co-starred in the film The Love Ranch (2010) with Helen Mirren and Joe Pesci, directed by Taylor Hackford. Additionally, he voiced Wounded Bird in the Oscar-winning film Rango (2011). Other film credits include roles in Shouting Secrets, End of the Spear, Dreamkeeper, Gentle Ben, The Doe Boy, Love's Long Journey, Te Ata, Crooked Arrows, and The Lone Ranger alongside Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer.